Pipe band and fastening.



No. 761,486. l PATENTED MAY 31, 1904.

A. WpHIGHT. PIPE BAND AND FASTENING.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 16. 19'03.

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Y UNITED STATES `Patented May 31, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT HIGHT, OF BALLARD, WASHINGTON, ASSIGNOR TO BALLARD DROP FORGE OO., OF BALLARD, WASHINGTON, A CORPORATION OF WASHINGTON.

PIPE. BANDAND FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 761,486, dated May 31, 1904.

r Application iled September 16, 1903. Serial No. 173,434. (No model.)

T tu whom t may concern,.-

Beit known thatI, ALBERT W. HIGHT, a citi- Zen of the United States, and a resident of Ballard, in the county of King and State of Washington, have invented a new and Improved Pipe Band and Fastening, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This. invention is designed especially forl holding together the staves of stave-piping- IO that is to say, of piping formed of wooden staves laid longitudinally and bound together. The invention is, however, useful in various other connections, as will be apparent. For example, it may be used to advantage on wa- I5 ter-tanks and thelike. A

The inventionV resides in certain peculiar constructions of the fastening and in the form and arrangement of the band coacts with the shoe. l

This specification is an exact descriptionof one example of my invention, while the claims define the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a perspective View of the invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof.

Fig. 8 is a plan view; and Fig. 4 is a' perspective view of the-entire band, showing the fastening device. detached;

a indicates the band, which is formed of a rod of wrought-iron or other. material and is provided at one end with a head or enlargement et', in which is formed a longitudinallyextending groove a2. band is threaded and adapted to carry a nut I) and washer c. Theshoe d is formed, preferably. of wrought-iron and is U-shaped in crosssectional form, said shoe being tapered lon- "\gitudinally, but having two square or approximately square ends.- v

In assembling the device the strap is placed i around the pipe or other structure, and the end having the head a is laid in the shoe with the head engaged with the smaller end of the same. theshoe and vinthe groove a2 in the head c', and by tightening the nut b and washer e or strap which The other end of the4 The other end of the rod is then laid in against the largerend of the shoe the band may be contracted around the pipe and clamped in the most secure manner. The structure lof the fastening is such that the greater the strain on the band the greater will be the tendency of the ends thereof to retain their engagement with the Yshoe,1and thus an absolutely reliable fastening is provided.

Various changes in the form, proportions, and minor details of my inventionmay be resorted to at will without departing from the spirit and scope thereof. Hence I consider myself entitled to all such variations as may lie within the scope of my claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters IatentF 1. The combination of a shoe U-shaped in cross-section, a band having at one end a head, said end of the band lying in the shoe and having the head engaged with one end thereof, a second end of the band also lying in the shoe over the first-named band end and said second end of the band lying at the end of the shoe opposite the end engaged with the said head, and means for adjustably connecting the second-named end of the band with the secondnamed end of the shoe.

2. The combination of a shoe U-shaped inV cross-section, a band having at one end a head, said4 end of the band lying in theshoe and havingthe head engaged with one end thereof, a second end of the band also lying in the shoe over the first-named band end and said second ysecond-named end of the band, for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof Ihave signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALBERT W. HIGHT. 

